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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Incremental game?
Online Co-Op + Incremental
Of 38 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op Incremental game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 67 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, level with the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $170k, ×114 the market median. Revenue is up 95% on the market; 67 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Top 25% | $5.0k (exactly $5,027) |
| Top 5% | $171k (exactly $170,906) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 38 |
| Released games | 74 |
| Announced | 67 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 95% on the market, supply 180% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 35%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Online Co-Op
- effort 8 / 10 · low · netcode, lobbies and state sync across machines
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, Incremental; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Collectathon, Immersive Sim
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $6.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $6.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 4,681 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 67 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Online Co-Op with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Point & ClickFair
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- + TransportationPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + World War IIPoor odds
- + City BuilderPoor odds
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Comparable games
Supermarket Chaos 2026 · $489k 
Time Warpers 2020 · $296k 
Tap Tap Loot 2026 · $171k 
Let's Minesweeper 2024 · $117k 
Tidy Up Together 2026 · $40k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Supermarket Chaos | $4.99 | 3,266 92% | 98k | $489k (exactly $488,920) | BunnyHop | |
| | Time Warpers | older | $19.99 | 493 82% | 15k | $296k (exactly $295,652) | Proton Studio Inc |
| | Tap Tap Loot | $6.99 | 815 76% | 24k | $171k (exactly $170,906) | Turtle Knight Games | |
| | Let's Minesweeper | older | $4.99 | 780 76% | 23k | $117k (exactly $116,766) | SUNJOY GAME |
| | Tidy Up Together | $5.99 | 221 80% | 6.6k | $40k (exactly $39,714) | Malum Games | |
 | Tumbleweed Destiny | older | $2.99 | 352 95% | 11k | $32k (exactly $31,574) | KIMIDORI SOFT |
 | CyberTD | older | $19.99 | 50 66% | 1.5k | $30k (exactly $29,985) | Clockwork Origins |
 | WHERE the F$CK is my BITCOIN ⁉️ | $6.99 | 113 61% | 3.4k | $24k (exactly $23,696) | Bin Juice Games | |
 | Dig for TCG Cards With Your Friends | $6.99 | 77 44% | 2.3k | $16k (exactly $16,147) | 3 Rare Devs | |
 | My Money Grows On Trees | $9.99 | 44 54% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | Tbjbu2 | |
 | Pizza Restaurant Together | · EA | $14.99 | 28 78% | 840 | $13k (exactly $12,592) | FunPlay Dev |
 | Galactic Simulator | $4.99 | 46 76% | 1.4k | $6.9k (exactly $6,886) | PcZ Games | |
 | Zoo Protocol | · EA | $5.99 | 29 93% | 870 | $5.2k (exactly $5,211) | WaveMood |
 | Nekotype Keyboard Cat Simulator | $3.99 | 42 100% | 1.3k | $5.0k (exactly $5,027) | G-GAME |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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